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Issue Briefs
Technology
Industries and Occupations for NAICS Industry Data
Defining "high technology" and identifying industries that
fit within that classification has been a difficult task and loaded
with political implications. Complicating matters is that a strictly
data-driven definition developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics using
the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system has not been translated
into the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). This
issue brief prepared by the Center for Economic Development at Carnegie
Mellon University and SSTI offers a new approach to identifying technology
industries through NAICS. Industries are identified either as Technology
Employers, those whose employment of technology occupations exceeds
by three times the national average, or Technology Generators, those
where R&D expenditures per employee and/or the proportion of full-time
equivalent R&D scientists and engineers in the workforce exceed
the national average. (Center for Economic Development and SSTI, 2004).
State
Science and Technology Strategic Planning: Creating Economic Opportunity provides the the first comprehensive study of state science and
technology strategic planning processes. (SSTI, 1997)
State
Funding for Cooperative Technology Programs presents the trends
in the level of state funding as well as the sources of funds for cooperative
technology programs for all 50 states. (SSTI, 1996)
State
Research and Development Tax Incentives identifies tax incentives
offered in 1996 by individual states, describes various models, and
explores the use and cost of such incentives. (SSTI, 1997)
Program Briefs
Massachusetts
Technology Development Corporation profiles the state-sponsored
venture capital company, which was founded in 1978 and has been self-sufficient
since 1988. The brief looks at reasons for MTDC's success and
lessons learned over the organization's 22-year history. (SSTI, 2000)
California's
Regional Technology Alliances looks at how the Regional Technology
Alliances (RTA), which were initially designed to provide matching
funds for California projects applying for funding from the Technology
Reinvestment Project, have developed into organizations that support
a range of technology assistance programs. (SSTI, 1998)
Kansas'
Commercialization Centers profiles the commercialization corporations
use of their entrepreneurial, financial, and research capabilities
to assist start-up, technology-based companies and to transfer new
technologies to the market place. (SSTI, 1998)
Maryland's
Investment Financing Programs examines three state-supported
investment vehicles that provide financing for technology-based businesses:
the Challenge Investment Program, the Enterprise Investment Fund, and
the Maryland Venture Capital Trust. (SSTI, 1998)
Other Reports
Technology Transfer and Commercialization Partnerships highlights 10 colleges, universities and community colleges that are emerging as significant contributors to their regional economy through tech transfer activities. The list includes institutions that are maximizing the impact of their research investment and entrepreneurial programs despite their small size, geographic isolation, or limited R&D budget. (Innovation Associates, 2007)